Task I Match the sentences with the tenses:

1. She was cooking dinner. a. Present Simple

2. They have repaired the car. b. Present Continuous
3. We work really hard. c. Past Simple
4. He has been running a race. d. Future Simple
5. We'll wait for you. e. Past Continuous
6. She had finished the work before noon. f. Present Perfect
7. You are speaking loudly. g. Present Perfect Continuous
8. I knew his brother. h. Past Perfect
Task II

Task III Choose the correct tense:

1. I heard a knock at the front door so I (went / was going) to answer it. 2. At this time yesterday, I (wrote / was writing)
an essay. 3. The football season (began / was beginning) a month ago. 4. She (had graduated / graduated) from school in
2001. 5. By the time we (got / had got) to the cinema, the film had already started. 6. The children (were playing /
played) in the garden while their parents were watching them. 7. They (had left / left) many hours before we arrived.

Task IV Match the questions with the answers:

Task V Fill in the necessary words:

Museum, world, capital, bridges, people, beautiful, see, metro, river, interest

London is the 1)… of Britain. It is one of the most interesting places in the 2)… About 8  000 000 3)… live
here. There is a big 4)… in London. There are a lot of 5)… over the river. There are lots of places of 6)… in
London. From Tower Bridge you can 7)… the Tower of London. It is a 8)… now. London’s parks and gardens are
really 9)… . The oldest 10)… in the world, called Tube, is in London, too.

Task VI Choose the correct answer:

1. What is Westminster Abbey?
a) a famous museum b) a royal church c) a circus
2. What is the home place of the Queen?
a) the Tower of London b) Buckingham Palace c) Westminster Abbey
3. What is there in the Regent’s Park?
a) a metro b) a clock c) a zoo
4. What is the Tower of London now?
a) a museum b) a gallery c) a church
5. What is the main river in London?
a) the Styr b) the Volga c) the Thames
6. What is the famous bridge in London?
a) London Bridge b) Tower Bridge c) Church Bridge